diff --git a/src/functions-templates/rust/hello-world/Cargo.toml b/src/functions-templates/rust/hello-world/Cargo.toml
index 779594370da..2339de82b47 100644
--- a/src/functions-templates/rust/hello-world/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/functions-templates/rust/hello-world/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ http = "0.2.8"
 lambda_runtime = "0.5.1"
 log = "0.4.17"
 simple_logger = "1.16.0"
-tokio = "1.19.2"
+tokio = "1.20.0"